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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When you install Enterprise Architect on your computer, a new program folder called </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Enterprise Architect</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is created in your </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Start</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu (unless you changed the default name during installation).</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Start Enterprise Architect</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can start Enterprise Architect from the icon created on your Windows desktop during installation, or alternatively:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Open the Windows </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Start</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Locate the Enterprise Architect program folder.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Enterprise Architect</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">After a short pause, the <a href="thestartpage.htm">Start Page</a> displays. From this dialog you can:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="open_a_project.htm">Open a project file</a> (.EAP file)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="createamodeloverview.htm">Create a new project</a> (.EAP file)</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="connectingtoadatarepositor.htm">Connect to a DBMS repository</a> (Corporate and extended editions).</span></li>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">By default, when you install Enterprise Architect, an empty 'starter' project called 'EABase.EAP' is installed, as well as an example project named 'EAExample.EAP'. We recommend that new users select the 'EAExample' file and explore it in some detail while you become familiar with UML and software engineering using Enterprise Architect</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To begin a guided exploration of Enterprise Architect immediately, go to the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="quick_start.htm">Quick Start - Create a Project</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic.</span></p>
<p class="p_SeeAlso"><span class="f_SeeAlso">See Also</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">(For users of the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions)</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttomysql.htm">Connect to a MySQL Repository</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttosqlserver.htm">Connect to an SQL Server Repository</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttoaoracle9idatarep.htm">Connect to an Oracle Repository</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttoapostgresqlreposi.htm">Connect to a PostgreSQL Repository</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttoanadaptiveserver.htm">Connect to an Adaptive Server Anywhere Repository</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="connecttoamsdeserverdata.htm">Connect to an MSDE Server Repository</a></span></li>
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